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halve
[ hav, hahv ]
verb (used with object)
- to divide into two equal parts.
- to share equally:
to halve one's rations with a stranger.
- to reduce to half.
- Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
halve
/ ³óɑ˱¹ /
verb
- to divide into two approximately equal parts
- to share equally
- to reduce by half, as by cutting
- golf to take the same number of strokes on (a hole or round) as one's opponent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of halve1
Idioms and Phrases
- halve together, to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
Example Sentences
Specifically, the formula that the Trump administration used to calculate tariffs for each country was as follows: the U.S. trade deficit with the country, divided by the country’s exports to the US, halved.
Prof Young says costs associated with bipolar disorder could be halved with more specialist care programmes.
This includes halving incapacity benefits for new claimants, and tighter criteria around the Personal Independence Payment for those with long term physical or mental health conditions.
Availability of bank credit isn't a constraint any longer, and regulation has eased with regulatory restrictions halving between 2003 and 2020.
However, the watchdog said the sum had been halved because of the proactive engagement of Advanced with police, cyber security services and the NHS following the attack.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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